I made a little program so I can keep an eye out on what exactly the prices are for bitcoins. This program, I wrote with AutoIt3. While autoit is not the best thing in the world and has its limitations it works and is very functional and pretty fast.
I did not like the idea of having to keep the web page open and keep refreshing the page, which is why I created this to automatically refresh the information from the API so that I can clearly see both values.
Features:- Monitor both buying and selling exchange rates via mtgox API
- Refresh rate of the exchange rate checking can be customized
- Audio alert when buy/sell rates hit within your desired targets
- Ability to save your settings so each time you load the program it has your settings
- Ability to reload settings from your saved ones and also wipe out your saved settings to default
- Currency converter with up to date currency data ([BTC - any currency] [Any currency - BTC] via Google API
- Always on top feature
- Mini "on top" window to keep an eye on rates and save screen space
- Donate menu which will copy my donations bitcoin address to your clipboard so you can donate to me
Download link: http://www.wuala.com/morthawt/btc.exchange.watcher/If you like the idea of having a little program you can keep open to check the current rates, feel free to donate something to me at the following bitcoin address: 1MTkF9ZTcXtgvQX245TwTL2Ko3NMvJHz6P
There is also a donate menu which will copy the bitcoin address to clipboard.
I hope you like this as much as I do.
I will update it if anything changes with the API or if bugs are found I will do my best to correct them as soon as possible.
Here are some little pictures of it:
Thanks guys.
Change Log:
V 1.5.2- Updated the handeling of the Mt.Gox API
V 1.5- Changed the terminology on the alerting section, because I had overlooked those labels.
V 1.4.9- Changed terminology to bid and ask rather than buy and sell.
V 1.4.8- Changed menu text "Conversions" to "Tools" to accomodate new additional features.
- Added a mini "always on top" currency watcher "MinX" for when you want to save screen space!
V 1.4.7- Added the ability to choose to have the program always on top.
V 1.4.6- Added extra menu's
- Added a conversion feature to allow you to do calculations based on up to date currency conversion data (courtesy of google api).
- Fixed the code so the main window cannot be used while other child windows are opened (close them to access the main window).
V 1.4.4- Added extra menu's
- Added ability to save/load/clear your settings.
- Added the ability to choose your own refresh delay for retrieving new exchange rate information.
V 1.4.2- Fixed some code to prevent further bugs of the previous kind (hopefully)
- Altered the sizing of the window and its contents to "help" readability on systems with customized jumbo sized font sizes.
- Altered the code to hopefully prevent audio warnings when the API goes down due to too many connections.
- Recoded to check the API every 10 seconds for updated information to reduce number of connections and improve responsiveness of the interface.
V 1.4.1.2- Presumably I have now solved the bug that caused the program to intermittently crash.
V 1.4.1.1- Flipped the buy/sell areas over to be more logical
- Added two different sounds depending on if its buying price or selling price (high-low frequency = sell price / low-high frequency = buy price)
- Altered the interface to make it smaller. It was originally larger due to tests I had done with the interface prior to first release.
V 1.4 released - Added ability to set an audio alarm to alert you to a desired current buying or selling price of bitcoins.
V 1.3 Public releaseFeel free to report any bugs here on the forum thread.
Edit:Included source code in the same directory on the download link if you want to check that out for any reason.